NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more of our coverage from the Games head to our latest updates. LE BOURGET, France — If you hold the world record in the fastest Olympic sport you can ...

This is the first year that speed climbing has an Olympic medal. Team USA athlete Emma Hunt breaks down the sport.

Editor’s Note, 08/06/2024, 9:20 a.m.: Sam Watson set the world record for Sport Climbing, Men’s Speed, this morning during the qualification elimination heats in Paris with a time of 4.75 seconds. NBC ...

It's famous for winning the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898 during the Spanish-American War. Olympia transported the remains of a US soldier to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in 1921. Commissioned in ...

ANN ARBOR, MI - Zach Hammer’s first trip to Paris was 15 years ago. He and his family enjoyed a typical Parisian vacation of baguettes, croissants and trips to the Seine River and Eiffel Tower. Hammer ...

After setting a couple world speed climbing records this week, American Sam Watson fell to China’s Peng Wu, who was then beaten by Indonesia’s... NPR is in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics. For more ...